Improvement in water-elevators



tutti @dat HUTCHINSODLF GORHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 109,622, dated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN IwA-rnn-1-:|.Ev.L\ToRs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. I

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY H. Hu'rcninsox, of Gorham, in the c ounty of Coos and State4 of New Hampshire, have invented a certain Improvement in Hydraulic-Rams, of which the following, when taken in connection withl the drawing, is a full and exact speciiication.

My invention consists in thel combination of a weighted bucket at one, and another bucket at the other, end of a lever, (the'last named being for thercception of water,) with the peculiar arrangement, described below,- for thelilling and discharging ot' the water-bucket',the motion ofthe lever at the 'same time working a pump, `which-serves to propel the water in any direction.

' 'lhe main objcetso't' my invention are- First, to make a hydraulic-rain that will" throw a greater volnnie of water, or that will throw'V an equal body with' nmre force than thev ordinary hy Second, to make a rain thatwill work as well and as perfectly with a small stream ot' water as with a large one; a quality never before attained, to my knowledge.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a full view ot`a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view oft-hc'saine.

a is a weighted bucket.

I) is' a water-bucket or tank.

These two buckets, a and b, are placed at two arms oi' a lever, a at the shorter, and -b at the longer, the i'uleruni of which is-at the point e;

e is a trencher, with a weight, d, upon it, and fastened on the under side to the side-.plank 'l by a strap or other contrivancc.

e isI a trough, into which the water drops, and by means of which it is conducted to the pump f.

g is the rod or bar, extending fromthe bottom of -thc tank b, in which is placed the upright piece h,

which, while in the posit-ion represented infthe draw.-

ing, holds 'up the bucket or tank l).

y is awheel, placed in the upright piece h, so that it may slip more easily on and off the trenchere.

It* k2 form aval-vein .thefbucket b. v

o is a small inclined trough `or passage-wayll'oni the trough 'e to -the pump f.

p is the piston-rod, and

.1', the piston of the pump f.

'lt is the outlet ofthe water.

S is the cross-bar, connecting the framework of the machine, and through which thepistomrod passes.

l is that part of the frame-workuponjwhich. the` trencher e rests.

a shows the shapeof the piston-rod p at that point at which it is joined to the lever. y

e is a standard, `whichis part .of the frame-work, and helps to Support the weight ofthe trencher e.

"u: is a'pipe, through which water is brought to the machine. Y 1 l .The practical' working ot' my machine isasfollows: The natura-l .position of my machine is ars represented in the accompanying' drawing. As soon as the water from the pipe-w fills the. bucket l) sutliciently, it over-balances the weightv oi' the bucket (t, and drops vto the bottom of the :trough e.- 'As it strikes the trough e, the valve Lf ti-is knocked up, and the water escapes into'the trough e;-

thence through 'the passage o, it runs under the pnrnpf. The pump j'(its piston-rod heilig attached to the lever) carries the water in to the large pipe m,

-t-hence upward, or-in any `direction, through the small pipclln As the bucket b rises, the upright piece 71, Vlies against the' bucket 'b until it is nearly up, when it falls forward and drops into au lincision or hollow place in thctrencher c. Once there, it remains until the bucket l) is full enough to overbalance the bucket a and the weight l on the trenchcr e. Then the upright piece h. rolls oit` by means of the wheel i and allows the'bucket b to drop.

f rlhis weight d may be pushed forward or back, as

may seem advisable, or be increased at will.

The pipe a', which supplies the machine, `may easily be supplied with a valve, which shall close when the bucket b drops, and open when it rises, so that there shall bc no waste of water. j

I may place an air-'chamber inthe largepipe on, or in. some other place, or dispense with one, as may seem best. I

I shall probably use sonic measures to ease thc force ot the yblow of the bucket b upon the trough e, such as the application of rubber or other substance. It will be understood that my machine will be used principally for-the' same purposes as the ordinary hydraulic-ram conveying water uphill, Sc.

Having thus fully .described my invention, XVhat Ijclaim, and desire to secure by Letterslatent', is VThe combination and arrangement of the weighted bucket a yand the water-tank b, when combined with the trencher c and device g It y, .troughs e o, and pump f, arranged and constructed substantially as `described, and for the purposes hereinbefore setforth.

TIMOTHY H. HUTCHINSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILLIS, LAURENTIA Wlnms. 

